| Crypto plunges on more hacks, Social media poses bank fraud risks, Fair CEO on cars as a service. |  | | Fair CEO: Why Cars-As-A-Service Is The Future Of Driving Slow, confrontational, unpleasant and expensive. Thatâs the standard auto financing industry consumer experience, says TrueCar and Fair Founder Scott Painter. And in the age of digital commerce, it can be improved upon with a better model. Painter told PYMNTS that with Fair, he has that model â one that will change car ownership, auto financing and the auto industry, writ large. |
| OB1 CEO: OpenBazaar, P2P The Key To Private, Global eCommerce â With Cryptos, Too OpenBazaar bills itself as a new way to transact online, through decentralized markets and with cryptocurrencies. At the root of the global push is a business model with no restrictions (or fees), as parent company OB1 CEO Brian Hoffman tells PYMNTS, aiming to reduce transaction costs and bring marketplace power to buyers and sellers, sans middlemen. |
| Adyenâs Big IPO Price, Apple Payâs Festival Play And The âGolden Era of Bankingâ Saturday crowned horseracingâs 13th Triple Crown Winner, with its winner, Justify, now well positioned as a cash machine for its owners. Payments saw several players jockeying for a similar place in the winnerâs circle last week too: Adyen with its IPO, Apple Pay with Order Ahead, and Traditional Banking with its âgolden ageâ thanks, in part, to deregulation. Dive in for the details. |
| | The Monday Conversation | | WePay Co-Founder: The Power And Peril Of Ecosystems Within Ecosystems It's not always easy for even the largest platforms to make the jump into commerce. But, WePay Co-Founder Rich Aberman told Karen Webster that if platforms can find a way to build specific functions and use cases off that platform, new world of commerce opportunities will emerge. Success depends on how far down the enabling payments rabbit hole the platform wants to go. For proof, Aberman says, see Facebook, Yelp and MINDBODY. |
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